United States v. Shaffer Equipment Co.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

In an action brought by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., to recover over $5 million in costs incurred in cleaning up a hazardous waste site in Min-den, West Virginia, the district court found that the government’s attorneys deliberately and in bad faith breached their duty of candor owed to the court during the course of proceedings. The court found that Robert E. Caron, the EPA’s on-scene coordinator for the cleanup, had…